For well over a century, Monster Hunter International has kept the world safe from supernatural threats small and large—and in some cases very, very large. Now, join us as MHI opens their archives for the first time. From experienced Hunters on their toughest cases, to total newbies' initial encounters with the supernatural, The Monster Hunter Files reveals the secret history of the world's most elite monster fighting force. Featuring seventeen all new tales based on Larry Correia's best-selling series, from New York Times best-selling authors Jim Butcher, John Ringo, Jessica Day George, Jonathan Maberry, Faith Hunter, and many more.

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Lieutenant Sam Bitka, U.S. Naval Reserve, is getting used to civilian life when he is called back to active duty. Tensions between Earth and the alien Varoki are on the rise, and Sam is assigned as tactical officer aboard the deep space destroyer USS Puebla. Dispatched to the distant world of K'tok to protect human colonists, he wants nothing more than to serve out his active duty time and get back to his civilian life. But when the Varoki launch a crippling surprise attack against the Earth coalition fleet, Sam must step up and rise to the challenge of command.

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Baen Books is pleased to announce the third annual Year’s Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction Readers’ Choice Award. The award honors the best of the best in this grand storytelling tradition, and its winner will receive an inscribed plaque and a $500 prize. And YOU are the judge! Choose your favorite story from the contents of The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Vol. 3 and reward its author for excellence.

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In the not-too-distant future, a band of insurgents have disappeared into a crowded cityscape. What's more, they are in possession of a quantum key distribution box that is entangled with the uplink to a U.S. Army Forward Operating Base. Now, it's up to a green second lieutenant to take them out. He's got the most advanced military technology on the planet . . . but time is running out.

Read “Force Multipliers Being What They Are” by Travis S. Taylor here.

Humanity has always had an uneasy relationship with death. In short, we'd like to avoid it if at all possible. Or at least extend our lifespans by a few—or a few hundred—years. Science fiction is full of stories of people entering into suspended animation, only to be awoken decades or centuries later. In this month's free nonfiction essay, biomedical research scientist Dr. Philip Kramer, Ph.D. explores what might be possible when it comes to the field of suspended animation.

Read “Stasis: The Future of Suspended Animation” here.

John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising could be coming to a screen near you—but the good people of Wolf Squadron need your help. RMB Productions is a veteran-owned, veteran-operated media company that’s looking to bring the post-apocalyptic tale to a screen near you. Let’s help them get their funding!

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Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Editors and authors in a roundtable discussion of fun weird western fantasy anthology Straight Outta Tombstone, and Travis S. Taylor and Jody Lynn Nye talk about Moon Beam, their young adult novel set on Earth’s Moon, and featuring a group of STEM-loving teens as heroes. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

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